http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/RSS.aspx?FeedID=249©2010 Compliance Reporter60Marketing StrategiesLarger asset management institutions are looking into the series trust model as a way to enter the mutual fund business, according to SEI's Phil Masterson, managing director in SEI's Investment Manager Services division.http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2654603/SEI-Larger-Firms-Clamoring-For-Series-Trust.aspxFri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Lifeline Program, a Georgia-based life settlement funding company, is courting institutional investors with a life insurance investment product that it claims delivers big returns. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2654604/Firm-Pitches-Life-Settlements-To-Institutional-Investors.aspxFri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTLee Munder Capital Group has closed its Small Cap Select Core and Small Cap Select Growth funds, following its merger with Independence Investments and acquisition by City National Corp. a year ago.http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2649922/Lee-Munder-Closes-Funds.aspxWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTKnight Capital Group has announced plans to acquire Astor Asset Management, a Chicago-based registered investment advisor, for approximately $20 million in stocks and cash. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2640031/Knight-Taps-Into-Asset-Management.aspxWed, 28 Jul 2010 17:57:06 GMTState Street Global Markets has launched its Turbulence Indices and is delivering them to its pension and other institutional clients as a way to test how new portfolio mixes and managers would stand up to unstable markets, thereby reducing risk.http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2640161/State-Street-Offers-Turbulence-Indices.aspxWed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTPrivate equity firm Northern Lights Capital Group has invested in international equity manager del Rey Global Investors to fill out its holdings of equity financial managers, said Northern Lights executives Jack Swift and John Zimmerman. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2636431/Northern-Lights-Invests-In-Tradewinds-Alums-Fund.aspxFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Hartford has permanently reduced fees on 36 of its mutual funds, including those geared to institutional clients. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2630873/Hartford-Slashes-Mutual-Fund-Fees.aspxWed, 14 Jul 2010 22:59:16 GMTBB&T Corporation has bought a majority stake in Sterling Capital Management, and will merge its own asset management arm with Sterling, bringing the combined entity to a total AUM of $31 billion. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2627224/Sterling-Capital-Merges-with-BB-T-Asset-Management.aspxFri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTPaul Kauffman, partner and senior portfolio manager at Highland Capital Management, sees an investment opportunity for institutional investors in U.S. leveraged loans, and expects to see more institutional investors jump into the space due to the equity-like returns accompanied with the fixed-income-like lower volatility. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2618464/Highland-PM-Pushes-Leveraged-Loan-Opportunity.aspxFri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTU.K.-based Henderson Global Investors has tapped Nancy McNally as director of consultant relations, North America. The position is new. http://www.moneymanagementletter.com/Article/2612194/Henderson-Hires-US-Consultant-Relations-Director.aspxTue, 22 Jun 2010 16:59:54 GMT